State · 855 – 1487
County of Provence
A state of 855 – 1487 — 632 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 632 years
- 855 – 1487
- Rulers
- 6
- the Count of Provence
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis the Blind | 890 – 928 | 38 years | ending not on record | |
| Ramon Berenguer III of Provence | 1173 – 1181 | 8 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Sancho of Provence | 1181 – 1185 | 4 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Alfonso II, Count of Provence | 1185 – 1209 | 24 years | ending not on record | nephew or niece |
| Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence | 1209 – 1245 | 36 years | ending not on record | child |
| Charles I of Anjou | 1246 – 1285 | 39 years | ending not on record | in-law |
6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 890 – 1285. Median reign 30 years. 1 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedBlason d'Aragon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood632 years
stood longer than 91% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median36 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 89% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 792 – 1550, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1171, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2991382 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.